REPORT 



OF THE 



FORTY-EIGHTH MEETING 



OF THE 



BRITISH ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



HELD AT 



DUBLIN IN AUGUST 1878. 



LONDON : 

 JOHN MUERAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 



1879. 



[Office of the Association: 22 Albemarle Street, London, W.] 



